

From the second episode of _Death Note_ :

> 100人以上 **が** 心臓麻痺 **なんて** 偶然 **が** あるか？

  1. Is this sentence parsed as one sentence (as above), or two:

> 100人以上が心臓麻痺なんて[だ]。
>
> 偶然があるか？

  2. If it's one sentence, it seems there's a double が. How to make sense of this?

    * It doesn't seem like there's [left-node or right-node branching](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/17744/51280) happening?
    * Is (100人以上が) acting as the subject of the sentence, while (心臓麻痺なんて偶然があるか) is acting as a subordinate clause that is somehow acting as the whole sentence's predicate?
  3. I know that particles are colloquially dropped all the time in Japanese, but the floating 心臓麻痺 **なんて** is a bit confusing. I assume here this stands for 心臓麻痺など (or perhaps [心臓麻痺などとて](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A6#Etymology_1)?). Is the whole phrase functioning adverbially (so doesn't need a particle)? Or is there an implicit だ/な (copula) or は (topic market) being omitted after なんて?

**EDIT:** After writing this all out, I realize an alternative way to parse
the sentence is as

> 100人以上が心臓麻痺なんて **な** 偶然があるか？

with the な being colloquially dropped, and (100人以上が心臓麻痺なんて **な** ) modifying
偶然. Is this the correct way to parse it?


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Understanding 「100人以上が心臓麻痺なんて偶然があるか？」


This is one sentence. 100人以上が心臓麻痺なんて modifies 偶然, and なんて here can be replaced
with などという.

P.S. Interestingly, なんてな is an existing expression and also makes sense here,
but it's not なんて + な (aux verb, particle or na-adjective ending) but is
possibly contraction of などというような. cf.
<https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AA/>


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If I remember the context of this correctly, this is someone thinking about
what just happened. They're essentially saying/thinking, "Over a hundred
people [died] from a heart attack. What kind of a coincidence [do we have
here]?"

なんて here is a contraction of "なんという"

What's omitted is で死んだ

100人以上が心臓麻痺で死んだ。。。なんという偶然があるか


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This なんて is a **quotative** particle(?) that can be used in place of と or という.
So you have to parse the part before なんて as if it's inside quotation marks.
While と and という must be strictly distinguished, you can drop いう when you use
なんて or って. なんて(いう) has the effect of disbelieving, belittling or dismissing
the preceding quoted content. などという has the same effect but sounds more
formal.

  * 「できません」 **と** 言うな。  
「できません」 **なんて** 言うな。  
Don't say "I can't"!

  * 美女が野獣と結婚する **という** 物語  
a story where a beautiful woman marries a beast

美女が野獣と結婚する **などという** 物語  
美女が野獣と結婚する **なんて(いう)** 物語  
a story claiming that a beautiful woman marries a beast

  * 「100人以上が心臓麻痺(で死ぬ)」 **という** 偶然  
「100人以上が心臓麻痺(で死ぬ)」 **って(いう)** 偶然 (informal)  
a coincidence where over 100 people die from heart attack

「100人以上が心臓麻痺(で死ぬ)」 **などという** 偶然  
「100人以上が心臓麻痺(で死ぬ)」 **なんて(いう)** 偶然 (informal)  
a "coincidence" where over 100 people die from heart attack

なんて **な** can be used as an alternative of なんていう, but it's rare.


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